Reflector App Mac [WORK] Download
Terresa Beckley
With the use of the reflector, I was able to maintain my exposure exactly where I measured it in my camera, and all I had to do was just simply tweak the white balance, and a little pop by increasing the blacks, adding some contrast, and decreasing the shadow. And after ACR, it made my edits quick and no need to add extra tweaking or tricks to get that nice full glow, because I already did that in camera!
I have a reflector on a source 4 elipsoidal with a big ole crack in it and need to change it out. I however have not found any documentation to help with the process. I would greatly appreciate any help here.
You will need to drill out the rivets on each of the 4 reflector brackets to remove the brackets. You may only need to remove 2 brackets to get the old reflector out. Then re-install the brackets you removed with new rivets. Then the new reflector will slide into and snap into place in the brackets. make sure you keep the little silver ring that is on the old reflector and put it on the new reflector.
On a hard surface, preferably with a carpet betwen the fixture and the surface, firmly bang the reflector assembly down on the surface so the reflector may pop out of the spring clips. Again, keep that silver ring so you can re-use it. You may need to do this a couple of times to get it out. If the reflector is cracked all the way through, it may fall into pieces.
If that doesn't work, you can also take a hammer to the reflector, as the big ole crack makes it likely unusable anyway, so breaking it further won't make any difference. Again I stress, wear all proper protective gear (long sleeve shirt, safety glasses or faceshield, gloves) so you don't get injured by any flying glass shards.
Popping the new reflector should just be a matter of pressing firmly down equally on all four quadrants of the reflector until all the spring clips catch the edge of the reflector. It is possible to get it in crooked, so take some care when reinstalling the new reflector, because you may have to try the same techniques or drill the rivets out if it gets stuck.
Use a screwdriver to pop out the steel spring at the rear opening for the lamp. After that is out, you should be able to flip the rear housing over and again carefully with a screwdriver (or a hard plastic prying device like Apple uses to pop Mac Mini Cases) and gloves pry the retaining clips on one side away from the reflector. It will then tilt to one side and slide out. To insert, just put the reflector in at an angle, center the spring around the lamp hole with a gloved finger and turn it as you insert until the forward retaining rings "click." The hardest part of this operation is getting the spring centered around the back. But you get better with time.
I know this is kinda reviving a dead thread, but I had to move a reflector from a busted body to a new one this week and came up with this nifty trick: I cut a pop can into strips about an inch wide, folded each strip in half, and placed a strip between each spring clip and the reflector. They reduced the resistance provided by the clips just enough that I could, with a bit of careful effort, push the reflector out without any banging or breaking.
I stumbled onto this chat while doing research on how to successfully swap some reflectors without breaking them. Drlynn's soda can trick is the best solution! Thank you for posting, I changed 2 reflectors on my first time without any problems!
Reflector ships with a reflector.service. The service will run reflector with the parameters specified in /etc/xdg/reflector/reflector.conf. The default options in this file should serve as a good starting point and example.
pacman-mirrorlist is not updated regularly, invoking reflector only because some mirror in some part of the globe was added or removed is not relevant. Use instead the timer-based automation. If you do not want mirrorlist.pacnew to be installed at all, use NoExtract in pacman.conf.
The slightly textured open reflectors are characterised by homogenous light distribution, although a controlled centre emphasis can be achieved using focusable broncolor lamps. The light angle of each open reflector is apparent from its model designation, optical attachments (such as projection attachment) offer a variable coverage angle.
I have a Photoflex arm to hold the large reflector. However, it is entirely cantilevered requiring a larger stand or weights on the stand. Are there mounts that hold the reflector in front of the stand?
Get a reflector clamp that mounts on a light stand, use an umbrella mount if you need to adjust it. Some of these won't open enough for the 5-in-1 models but there's usually a gap in the cover where you can clamp.
Or get a reflector boom arm that has a mount between the reflector clamps; this balances better than the cantilever style but won't reflect down. If you need down, use the extender arm perpendicular to the light stand and attach the reflector boom arm to it.
1) The clamps on the shaft offer minimal resistance to rotating and changing the angle of the reflector. The clamps just aren't strong enough to handle the moment arm of the reflector. Note that the reflector isn't positioned hanging down below the boom arm, it is parallel to the boom arm to the side
2) The reflector hanging out puts a lot of potential for tipping the stand. This is two part: first is the length of the end of the arm to reach the end of the reflector (say 45") and the second is it acts as a huge sail, making even a gentle breeze seem like a cyclone.
I was hoping there was something else that would hold the reflector at an angle but centered on the stand rather than off to one side. That way the legs of the stand would have a better chance of keeping it stable.
I also use a Photoflex Compact Telescopic Light Disc Holder. While it looks in the picture like a regular cantilever arm, you can swap the arm holder and disc clamp so the arm is held between the two clamps. Because it uses clamps, it provides a more stable hold and you don't have to worry about reflector thickness like you do with the clips.
Use an a spring tensioned "A" clamp to secure the reflector to the top of the stand and a Super Clamp plus grip head (Avenger D200 or MSE OR Kupo equivalent) lower down on the stand. If you want the reflector to be at something other than a vertical angle add a 20" or 40" C-stand arm to push it out from the stand. If you want the reflector to point downwards reverse the positions of the clamps.
If you want a reflector or diffuser to be held by a stand, buy one designed for that purpose: outer rigid frame with a mounting pin that is positioned and secured to the stand with a grip arm. I prefer rollers in this application for extra positioning ease:
Since your post I've been experimenting with it. With a carefully arranging the clamps I got it where it works as a central mount providing a swivel and 0 to 90 tilt. To get 0 to -90 it seems the reflector would have to be reversed and reflect through the stand and the arm.
Using the Impact flash bracket stacking its two spigots seems to make it better. The bracket can allow the Photoflex bracket to be mounted horizontally. That move the knob on the Photoflex bracket away from the reflector and adds about -40 adjustment for a range of -40 to +90 from vertical. Just those brackets are $25 each. Between the flashes and reflectors I'll probably end up getting 4 or 5 (3 or 4 more).
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